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TRADE (in USD billion)

YEAR

TOTAL

EXPORTS

IMPORTS

BALANCE

2012

14.54

7.42

7.12

0.29

2013

14.51

7.82

6.69

1.13

2014

14.40

8.66

5.74

2.92

2015

16.49

9.02

7.47

1.55

2016

15.82

8.66

7.16

1.5

2017 (Jan-July)

9.35

5.38

3.97

1.41

The US is PHL's biggest trading partner in 2016 (out of 226 trading partners), the 2nd biggest market for PHL's exports (out of 213 export markets and almost 16% of total PHL exports), and 3rd largest investor into the PHL. Over the past five years, US foreign investment in the PHL amounted to PHP165.93 billion.

For 2015, a major portion of the export revenue came from Electronic Products valued at USD2.84 billion, followed by Transports with total receipts of USD1.02 billion or 32.25% and 11.69%, respectively, of the total exports to US. The bulk of merchandise imports from US comprised of Electronic Products worth USD3.64 billion or 50.45% of the total imports. Fresh food was the second highest imported foods from the US, with USD687.94 million, or a share of 9.53% of the total imports from the US.

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